"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt"!
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The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from and old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
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The P.S. at the end of a letter stands for Post Script.
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Switching letters is called spoonerism. For example, saying "jag of Flapan", instead of "flag of Japan".
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The words ‘racecar,’ ‘kayak’ and ‘level’ are the same whether
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).
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The word 'mile' is derived from the Latin word for 1,000 - the number of paces it took the average Roman!
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The word 'mortgage' comes from a French law term that means 'death pledge'.
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